Archive

  • Aviva offloads over £1bn bonds and shares in tobacco firms

    21 June 2017

    Joins Scor and Axa's drive to limit investment, citing threat to public health

  • Deutsche Bank poaches insurance investment banking chief from Morgan Stanley

    21 June 2017

    Meir Lewis joins the firm's New York office

  • Allianz CIO targets long duration and diversification amid heightened systemic risks

    20 June 2017

    Gathering risks cause for watchfulness, says Andreas Gruber

  • UK interest rate hike curbed by 'mixed signals and inflationary pressures'

    20 June 2017

    The economy's reaction to "the reality of Brexit negotiations" is a factor in setting policy rate, according to BoE governor Mark Carney

  • Zurich analyst warns investors about green bond standards

    19 June 2017

    Swiss insurer uses a satellite approach to ensure in-house and external managers are on same page

  • Insurers are bystanders on climate change risk management

    19 June 2017

    Majority of the industry falls short on managing climate change risks in investment portfolios, but Axa and Aviva deemed leaders by AODP report

  • Market risk accounts for almost half of German non-life sector's SCR

    16 June 2017

    Exclusive analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows the German life sector is not alone in facing investment challenges

  • PIC appoints head of investment risk

    16 June 2017

    Former Partnership Life and Bupa Global risk chief joins UK annuity provider

  • NN IP urges green bond issuers to adopt KPIs in reports

    16 June 2017

    Investors want to know what impact their investments are making, manager says

  • Political risk stifles infrastructure investment

    15 June 2017

    Insurers remain wary of policymakers changing the goalposts, while building in-house origination capabilities can help capture the illiquidity premium, practitioners say